COVENTRY Police held the aces in the 82nd Sir William Noble Cup Interworks Trophy tournament at Copsewood Grange as they held off the challenge of Amtico in a thrilling finale.

In one of the longest running competitions in local golfing history – having teed off first back in 1927, the same year as The Ryder Cup made it’s debut – the local constabulary’s six-man team finished with an overall total of 455 as did Amtico but in a countback over the last nine holes of each player it was the Police who came out on top by just 4.5 shots.

In third place and five adrift of the front-runners was Massey Ferguson on 460 while on the individual leaderboard it was AXA’s Neville Gardner, who took the honours with an excellent 75 gross that left him four shots clear of his closest rival.

Meanwhile, it was Telent’s Andy Craig who made his mark in the individual nett event as he overcame the disappointment of dropping two shots on the par-three opening hole to shoot an excellent 66 and win by one from S Taylor.